Self-study
Hi all! I wanted to come on and share that my LSAT journey has not been linear but have been seeing slow improvement. For context, I took the Nov. 2023 LSAT with wishy-washy studying to get a 148. I cancelled that score and have been on and off studying since then. I have finally gotten up to the 160s with average PTs being in the high 150s. While I do not want to discount the progress I have made, I cannot discard the fact that my progress has been slow and slower than I would like it to be. I know this is a hard test, but I know that it can be learnable. I am going average -4 on LR and average -10 on RC. I just recently got to a 160 on my recent PT last week. LR feels naturally more intuitive compared to RC, as I find myself running out of time on RC. While, I recognize the patterns in RC and consider myself good at the big picture questions, I struggle with implied and detail oriented questions. I guess I am just looking for advice on how people have improved from this place and what helped them quickly get out of this slump. As my goal would be to hit the 170s in the next few months. Happy to share more info., if its helpful. Thanks!
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Are you able to finish all 4 passages? And have you tried an RC section untimed? Are you able to answer the questions that you struggle with untimed? I might try that and see if you can track a disconnect when the timer is running. You might also try to focus all your time on 3 sections and see if you can do 100% accuracy on the 3 then guess on the last one. Might help you yield more than a -10.
As for studying for forever I FEEL you. I've been studying since May 2023 - just keep pushing - it'll pay off!
@PluckyPenny In a timed RC section or PT, I am currently not able to finish the whole 4 passages. As for an RC section untimed, my accuracy is much better however, still -4 or -5.
@dlaguna612! Idk if I'll get shot for suggesting another platform, but I found LSAT Lab's RC videos on Youtube really helpful to get me to -0 in BR. I'm still struggling timed, but I know at least given the time I can find what I need/figure it out. Do you wrong answer journal your RC questions? When you watch the video/read the explanations do you understand why the right answer is right? Just trying to think what helped me. Sorry if it's not super helpful - hopefully someone else will jump in!
@PluckyPenny I wrong answer journal my LR and RC. I feel like maybe I'm not understanding the working parts of the passage to go faster in the answer choices. Like I said earlier, I think I am doing a good job upfront of big picture questions, however, maybe I lack the sub-component parts of purpose between/in paragraphs that can help me more when it comes to these detail oriented questions and implied questions. As for those - I feel often stuck where to look. When I watch explanations I do understand why the right answer is right, and they'll always point to support of where it's mentioned. And of course, I will be looking to the wrong area of that support that they cited/misinterpret that support (if that makes sense). And as for your rec. I will check that out. Thank you so much for your advice! I really appreciate it.